Restrictive voting laws inspire minority backlash

Republican legislators seem to have handed a powerful rallying cry to those seeking to maximize minority-voter turnout.

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New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger is seen in his office in New York in this March 2, 1973, photo.

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, ex-NY Times publisher, dies

Sulzberger guided the New York Times through a time of expansion and change as journalism moved from Linotype to the digital age. He was 86.

NFL refs approve deal, scramble for Sunday return

Referees approved an eight-year agreement with the NFL, officially ending the lockout and setting the stage for them to return to the field for Sunday’s games.

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Annie Dookhan sprinkled real cocaine in with a non-drug substance in order to make tests turn out positive, a prosecutor said in court at Dookhan’s arraignment.

Ron Wallace exulted after his pumpkin weighed in at 2,009 pounds Friday at the Topsfield Fair.

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World’s largest-ever fruit dominates Super Bowl of pumpkin weigh-offs

History was made Friday at the Topsfield Fair. Ron Wallace became the first person to grow a one-ton pumpkin, shattering the world record.

Nico Calabria, shown at practice this week, is no stranger to challenges. At 13, he scaled Mount Kilimanjaro.

On crutches, Concord-Carlisle teen scores epic goal

Born with one leg, senior Nico Calabria has prompted millions of views with a YouTube video of a goal he scored for his undefeated varsity boys’ soccer team.

The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge as rendered by Apple iOS 6's Maps program on Sept. 28.

In map fiasco, Apple vows to find the way

Apple issued an unusual public apology for the in-house mapping software that replaced Google Maps in its iPhone as users complained about bad directions, scant detail, and bizarre images.

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The Vatican newspaper published a lengthy analysis by a Coptic scholar raising questions about the fragment’s murky origins and a Harvard professor’s interpretation of its meaning.

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Since the first Chinese immigrants began arriving in the 1880’s, the neighborhood has been one of the city’s most vibrant.

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Fluff Festival brings together old and new Somerville
Devin Henderson flew through rings during Montreal-based Les 7 doigts de la main’s “Sequence 8” show.

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Montreal troupe takes flight in new show

Winslow Homer’s “Weatherbeaten,” the 1894 painting that gives the Portland exhibit its name, shows how the artist captured the power of the ocean.

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‘Weatherbeaten’ brings viewers close to sea
“It took all of this time for the music to be able to come into its form,’’ says singer Becky Stark of the new Lavender Diamond album, which comes five years after the group’s debut.

Multi-faceted Becky Stark shines as Lavender Diamond
NCAA president Mark Emmert shares his views.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA in progressive hands
Michael Urie (left) and David Krumholtz co-star in the new CBS sitcom “Partners.”

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Michael Urie and David Krumholtz build a show together
Year Up internship program alum Margarita Polanco now works at Bank of New York Mellon in Everett.

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Year Up shuttles urban adults into corporate America

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Brown-Warren race: Who will decide it?
Nico Calabria, a varsity soccer player at Concord-Carlisle High School, who has only one leg, practiced with his team.

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Miguel Cabrera belts his 42d round-tripper Saturday, temporarily making the AL leader in home runs, average, and RBIs

Miguel Cabrera is chasing history and Carl Yastrzemski
Favorable weather has brought predictions of bright foliage.

Vermont looks to make up for lost leaf season
Tom Caron believes all was lost for the Sox when they lost David Ortiz.

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NESN’s Caron refused to spin bad Red Sox season

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Kevin Garnett contemplated retirement, but instead signed a three-year contract with the Celtics and is eyeing another run at the title.

Celtics believe they can make a title run

The Celtics were talking NBA championship as training camp opened, but coach Doc Rivers cautioned that the title road goes through Miami.

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Mattapan shooting victim Marcus Hurd tastified at the quadruple murder trial in March.

Mattapan survivor admits he lied

Marcus Hurd stunned a Suffolk Superior courtroom Friday when he said he had lied about his inability to identify the man who shot him and killed four others.

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Adrian walker

Boston janitors and their bosses are at loggerheads — again
“Time to Lead” is an analysis of the state’s public colleges.

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State economy depends on more support for public colleges
Eric Harris, left, and Dylan Klebold, carrying a TEC-9 semi-automatic pistol, are seen in an image from a security camera in the cafeteria at Columbine High School during their shooting rampage.

derrick z. jackson

Denver debate needs question on guns

Jeff Jacoby

Working for BU’s ‘silver unicorn’

Boston Capital

Elizabeth Warren is no friend of big business

Scot Lehigh

A better way to elect a president
The statue, unveiled Sunday, is over 22 feet tall.

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Statue symbolizes Brockton’s grit, determination

Brian McGrory

A rare triumph for expertise

Juliette Kayyem

Defense industry has its own October surprise

Joan Vennochi

Why is Joe Kennedy III limiting debates?

Yvonne Abraham

Defamation suit is outrageous
Fred Lynn (left) and Dustin Pedroia made quite a pair as the celebration amid a lost season continued with the naming of the All-Fenway Park Team.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ contrived party is over

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A worker connected a beam at the topping off ceremony at 11 Fan Pier Blvd. in July.

Office construction makes a comeback in Boston area

The office-building boom has been driven by medical and biotechnology firms funding new buildings in Boston’s Seaport District, East Cambridge and suburbs along Route 128.

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Obama blocks China firm from wind farm

Citing national security risks, President Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese company from owning four wind farm projects in northern Oregon near a Navy base.

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Bo Xilai is accused, among other things, of abusing his power and of taking ‘‘massive bribes.’’

China boots disgraced Bo out of party

Chinese leaders announced Friday that Bo Xilai, a disgraced Communist Party aristocrat, had been expelled from the party and would be prosecuted on criminal charges.

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Jessica Raine (left) and Helen George in “Call the Midwife.”

‘Call the Midwife’ more sweet than bitter

The six-part drama is set in 1957 in the gritty East End of London.

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Year Up internship program alum Margarita Polanco now works at Bank of New York Mellon in Everett.

Year Up shuttles urban adults into corporate America

The program helps young people with poor job prospects get a leg up in the working world.

“I hated the prosthetic. It was awkward. It made me look normal, like a person with two legs. But I wasn’t normal. It was just better for me to be happy... with crutches.’’

Nico Calabria 

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The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
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Things to do in the Berkshires
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Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

Opinion

”Public college students don’t elicit the protective instincts of lawmakers and policy makers who practically well up when discussing the fate of K-12 students.”

Lawrence Harmon 

Ideas

“Changing a culture requires finesse, subtlety, and patience. It also requires a certain suspension of optimism about human nature.”

Leon Neyfakh on the art of crowdshifting